QJ.net has reported that the PlayStation UK site has updated their GTA IV page with the release date of October 2007. Currently we are unsure of what exactly this means. It could mean that the PS3 version (and/or 360 version?) will launch sometime this month, or it could simply be an error by PlayStation.

Looking at some other facts though, Sony is going to be making a "big bang" announcement on Friday, October 12th. Although that announcement could be anything, I'm sure we could all agree that an early GTA IV release on the PS3 would surely be "a big bang".

Even though all of this seems very unlikely, it doesn't hurt to hope. We'll keep you updated as we learn more about this.

Edit: Although this is not officially confirmed, taking a look in GTA IV's UK PS3 page, it appears that PEGI has (un)officially branded GTA IV with an 18+ Rating, for the descriptors: "Bad Language & Violence"

However, PEGI's site did not list GTA IV, but usually these sites are not updated quite that fast (ESRB is the same).

Update 1: I guess I'll unofficially confirm this rating, as the Xbox GTA IV page too lists that the PEGI has rated it it 18+ as well as the BBFC.

Update 2: Gaming website SPOnG have contacted Rockstar Games earlier to find out about this new rumour. The response Rockstar gave was "It's coming out in Spring next year."
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As you may or may not have known, the upcoming "The Simpsons Game" from EA, has been frequently advertised as parodies to other popular games, such as Call Of Duty, The Legend Of Zelda, and our favorite, Grand Theft Auto.

Rockstar has not been very happy with EA's parodies at GTA, so they decided to take action and force them to remove any GTA related content from the game.

Lead designer for "The Simpsons Game", Greg Rizzer, had this to add:

I was always under the impression that when you do parody, it's a sign of respect... If we make fun of Grand Theft Auto, we're not going to hurt the sales of Grand Theft Auto... But yeah, we've definitely had some reactions - we've had to pull stuff from the game.

A GTA fan, goes by the name of patrickbrown, has recently created some insanely awesome GTA IV artwork that we thought should be viewed by everyone.

We certainly hope to be seeing more fan artwork from him in the future!
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